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1400
The Beginning of Family
The earliest sign of the English family. At this time family referred to a group of individuals living under one roof that included blood relations and servants. -
Pre-industrial Period
Marriage was an economic necessity for women because they couldn't get jobs. During this time, it was common for a family to raise five to six children. -
Industrial Revolution
The Industrial Revolution took away from the economic function of the family, and reduced it to the unit of consumption and socialization. Production moved men away from the household and into the factory. Leaving women to take care of the household. -
Married Women's Property Acts
Married women began to have property rights. -
Ellen Swallows Richards Founds Home Economics
The first women to attend MIT, Ellen dedicated her life to women and evolving their place in the family. Ellen started home economics because of her interest in science running the home. -
Family Development Theory
Reuben Hill developed the Family Development Theory after the end of World War II based off his work on family stress -
Feminist Perspective
The Civil Rights Movement and the increase of women joining the workforce led to the changing of the household. In many family's women no longer were in charge of all household duties. -
Loving v. Virginia
A historic occurrence where a unanimous court struck down all laws that banned interracial marriage, making marriage legal between individuals of different races. -
Family Evolution
Family continues to change at a rapid rate with the number of women joining the workforce continues to rise, and family's start to become dependable on technology. -
Modern Family
Today family has come a very long way from where it began. There are several theories that we still use today that have been developed through the years. Today, two parent households are on a steady decline and the average children per family ratio is about 1.94. -
Sources
https://www.britannica.com/topic/modernization/Work-and-the-family
https://online.csp.edu/resources/article/the-evolution-of-american-family-structure/
https://www.americanbar.org/groups/crsj/publications/human_rights_magazine_home/human_rights_vol36_2009/summer2009/the_evolution_of_the_american_family/
https://www.isa-sociology.org/en/about-isa/history-of-isa/isa-past-presidents/list-of-presidents/reuben-hill
https://blog.uniagustiniana.edu.co/ingenieras-historia/